Selection and design of New Year's dishes

New year for many people is the main holiday, so the preparation for it is the most active and long. When making a room an important factor is the preparation of the table and the correct choice of dishes.

To lay the table for the New Year, it is not enough just to cook a lot of delicious dishes - you also need to arrange it beautifully. First of all, you should decide on the style in which everything will be executed. You can stand everything in one color, or you can play on contrasts. The main thing is to do everything competently and with taste.

To begin with, a tablecloth is selected, as a rule, a light pastel color. She will immediately give a feeling of coziness and comfort. The coverlet with golden or silver patterns and a small lace trim on the edge looks very beautiful.

Often a large bowl of fruit decorated with fir branches is placed in the middle of the table. A great idea would be the decor, made in the form of a small sprig on a plate for each guest with a pre-laid napkin. Candlesticks with lighted candles will also look beautiful, which will give the table a more festive look. Some housewives use fruits as candlesticks.

To do this, take an apple or any other kind of fruit with a hard core, cut it in half, a core is cut with a spoon, but not completely, but by the size of a candle. Then the wax part is gently inserted inside. So that the half does not swing, you can slightly cut the bottom, thus making it flat. Can also be made in whole apples.

You can set the table in a more modern style, playing on contrasts. For example, a white tablecloth is decorated with red cloth napkins, on which white utensils are placed. Cutlery beautifully stacked on plates.This style does not involve a large number of jewelry - everything should be at a minimum, but with taste. You can gently spread in different parts of the table spruce twigs and balls to decorate the Christmas tree.

Guests will be grateful if the host puts a chocolate coin under each plate. - they will bring them sweet events and monetary profits in the coming year. The figure of the totem animal symbolizing the coming year will not be superfluous. It is best to do it yourself, but if this is not possible, then you can buy it in the store.

In the case when an evening reception with a large number of guests is planned, then the dishes should be placed in a special way.

First of all the big plate for hot dishes keeps within, on it snackbar. A pie plate is placed next to it. The knife is placed on the right, and the fork to the left of the plate. Glasses are located to the right of the plates. First of all, put a glass for juice, then a glass of champagne and wine. The extreme left is a glass for vodka or brandy.

After approval of the stylistic direction comes the turn of the choice of dishes.As a rule, beautiful sets with a New Year theme appear in stores long before the holiday itself. Among the wide range, everyone will be able to choose a collection to their liking.

For dinner, it is recommended to choose a full-fledged set of glasses to match, so that the table looked richer. Not every family gets a separate set for the New Year, even though it looks nice and festive. Most often they put on the table just beautiful dishes. For an evening in a classic style, it is recommended to choose plates with a gold or silver patina to match the tablecloth. If you plan a youth feast in the modern theme, then fine white plates are perfect.

You should prepare glasses for whiskey and brandy in advance in order to provide the guest with the necessary accessory in time. At the very beginning, on the table there can only be a glass for drinks and a glass for champagne, and then - depending on the choice of alcohol, other types of glasses are laid out.

As a rule, during high society evenings, different sets are used for dinner and the subsequent dessert. Cookware for baking should also be beautiful and fit into the overall style. Each guest should have a small plate for the cake and a tea or coffee cup with a saucer and a teaspoon. In the middle of the table should put a small glass with dessert spoons for the cake.

Hot drinks are served in service teapots. Next to the coffee you should definitely put a container for the cream. A sugar bowl is also placed in the middle of the table. If it is large, then for the convenience of guests it is recommended to put on two items of each category.

Tableware for a festive table can be both monophonic, and with a decor. The design of plates with the Christmas theme is always pleasing to the eye. As a rule, on tableware draw beautiful patterns in red and green tones, symbolizing the Christmas tree and Santa Claus costume.People who prefer restraint and classics, acquire just such sets.

On the shelves you can find a huge amount of dishes and with more vivid pictures. The plates are decorated with drawings of deer harnessed to a sleigh, Christmas trees, symbols of the coming year. You can find youth options with unusual decorations and gags.

A special highlight of the table, served for Christmas or New Year, is given by beautifully decorated glasses. Some people even attend special workshops to surprise their guests. Decorating large wine glasses with your own hands is not so difficult - you just have to study the process well.

• Glitter. Decorating glasses in this way is very simple. For work you will need spangles and PVA glue. To begin with, it is necessary to decide exactly how the particles will be located: on the entire surface of the glass, on the edge, or in the form of a figure. Glue is applied with a pattern on the glass and sprinkled with sparkles on top.The glass is held in a horizontal position for about five minutes to allow the composition to dry.
• Felt. In this case, you will need the necessary decoration elements, PVA glue and felt paper of red and green color. A tape of several centimeters thick is cut out of red felt and glued around the glass. From the green paper you need to cut the Christmas tree and attach it to the red strip.

• Decoupage Decoupage technique is not as complicated as it seems at first glance. It gives the dishes a magical look that contributes to a festive mood. You can decorate with such equipment both plates and glasses. For work you will need napkins with a pattern, PVA glue, acrylic paint with a brush, sponge, acrylic lacquer. Before you begin, you need to degrease the surface of the dish to lay a better picture. Then from the napkin you should tear off the fragment you like and attach it to your glass or plate, gently smearing the paper with glue. After that, you need to give the rest of the device a suitable decor, decorating it with paints.

In the west, there is a wonderful tradition to put a small box with a gift on each guest's plate. Recently, similar gifts began to appear in our country. Each guest will be pleased to receive a small surprise from the host of the evening. As a rule, candy, chocolate, a small animal figure - the host of the coming year are put in the box. It all depends on the giver’s fantasy.

They are necessarily decorated to match the dishes and table, as well as tied with a ribbon. Some owners like to tie a small postcard with holiday wishes to the tape. If you intend a certain seating of guests, then you can write the name of each guest on the box at his place.

1. Classic table setting. Tablecloth with gold patterns combined with fabric patterns. White dishes and tall glasses fit beautifully into the overall look and do not detract attention from the central basket with red roses. Candles give a cozy and warm atmosphere.
2. This option is more modern and youth. Red dishes with white patterns look beautiful on a white stand. Cutlery neatly lay in cloth napkins. Fir branches, cones, bows and tall thick candles decorate the table.

How to decorate glasses for the New Year do it yourself, see the next video.